Re: Tulip driver & 2.0.30-pre-patch-2

Aaron Tiensivu (tiensivu@pilot.msu.edu)
Sun, 13 Jul 1997 14:33:47 -0400

On Sat, Jul 12, 1997 at 11:53:45PM -0700, JDC wrote:
> I recently tried the 2.0.30-pre-patch-2 which was available
> on ftp.kernel.org under davem's directory, and have a little
> "complaint" to make about it.

Don't mean to be picky, but:

> Jul 11 05:16:51 aitsu kernel: tulip.c:v0.76 4/22/97 becker@cesdis.gsfc.nasa.go
> Jul 11 05:16:51 aitsu kernel: eth0: DEC 21041 Tulip at 0x6000, 21041 mode, 00
c0 f0 15 f8 47, IRQ 10
> Jul 11 05:16:51 aitsu kernel: THIS IS AN ALPHA TEST DRIVER.
> Jul 11 05:16:52 aitsu kernel: eth0:21041 Media information at 30, default medi
a 0800 (Autosense).
> Jul 11 05:16:52 aitsu kernel: eth0: 21041 media 00 (10baseT), csr13 0004 csr1
4 0000 csr15 0000.
> Jul 11 05:16:52 aitsu kernel: eth0: 21041 media 00 (10baseT), csr13 0000 csr1
4 0000 csr15 0000.

It's an alpha test driver.
It blows out for me under 2.1 also.
Use de4x5 instead for now.
Or simply copy the old tulip driver from 2.0.30 into 2.0.31.

In all honesty, I don't really think it should be put into 2.0 just yet.
I've got an SMC EtherPower and the new driver doesn't like it at all.

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